Associate

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Netherlands.

📋 Description

• Contribute to client projects through research, analysis, data gathering, and drafting documentation.

• Conduct interviews with stakeholders, field visits, surveys, and focus group discussions.

• Synthesize literature reviews, market evaluations, policy analyses, and competitor landscape assessments.

• Develop and maintain financial models, data trackers, and analytical frameworks.

• Prepare client reports, presentations, and working papers.

• Engage in client meetings and workshops, including presenting analyses and facilitating discussions.

• Perform impact investment landscape analysis and blended finance modeling.

• Investigate investees or technical assistance recipients for due diligence purposes.

• Create impact indicators and gather data for investor reporting.

• Conduct analyses for market sizing and pipeline development.

• Map value chains and identify bottlenecks, margin distributions, and inclusion gaps.

• Conduct interviews with smallholder farmers and collect household-level data for analysis.

• Analyze market systems, key players, incentives, and constraints.

• Develop business cases for inclusive sourcing or supply chain investments.

• Review competitive landscapes for agribusiness clients.

• Design supplier development programs.

• Analyze policy and regulatory frameworks for government advisory projects.

• Produce internal case studies, evidence summaries, and sector briefs.

• Assist with cross-portfolio data collection and analysis.

• Contribute to sector evidence packs, market data, and proof points for business development initiatives.

• Support proposal development through research, data, and analysis.

• Cultivate a significant specialization in either impact-driven finance or inclusive commercial value chains.

⛳️ Requirements

• 3–5 years of experience in a research, analytical, or advisory capacity in consulting, development finance, agribusiness, international development, or a related field.

• Proven experience delivering high-quality analytical outputs utilized in client-facing or decision-making settings.

• Experience in conducting primary research, including interviews, surveys, or field data collection in emerging markets or development contexts.

• Some familiarity with impact investing, blended finance, value chain development, agribusiness, or market systems.

• Experience managing multiple projects or workstreams simultaneously.

• Strong quantitative and qualitative analytical capabilities.

• Proficient in building financial models and analyzing extensive datasets.

• Ability to synthesize findings from interviews and qualitative evidence.

• Excellent written English, adhering to publication standards.

• Proficiency in Excel and PowerPoint at a functional level.

• Experience with R, Python, Stata, or similar tools is a plus.

• Intellectual curiosity regarding relevant sectors.

• Proficient in English; proficiency in French or Portuguese is a significant advantage.

• Ability to work across time zones from Ghana to Singapore.

• Reasonable access to a well-connected international airport.

• Willingness and capability to undertake international travel.

• Submission of a CV and motivation letter is required.

• Provision of two referees and consent for reference checks.

• Compliance with safeguarding, child protection, ethical standards, and CARE principles.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unique opportunity to help establish and shape a new venture from the ground up.

• Significant autonomy in your role.

• Exposure to senior leaders and clients.

• Opportunity to influence the growth and operation of the Accelerator.

• Competitive salary and benefits package.

• Continuous growth with meaningful opportunities to expand your skill set.

• Collaboration with a vibrant, global network of experts.

• International career development opportunities.

• Inclusive and diverse work environment.